That’s kinda how it works. It’s not like I, as an American tax payer, would want them with a 2 billion US funded loan going out and buying Chinese or Russian weapons. Even Turkish weapons would be one of those thing where I’d want Turkey to give their own loans for weapons. It’s American Money, I want it to go into the American economy if we’re providing the loan. Plus based on the performance it’s not like they’re going to buy better weapons anywhere else.

[–] QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even before this they've been buying almost entirely from the US and I think some from the UK.

Poland isn't exactly on good terms with Russia or, by extension, China.

[–] mean_bean279@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well they are a NATO country and need to buy NATO standard equipment. So their options for who to buy from if they aren’t producing it is limited to any country producing them that is in NATO, and potentially South Korea. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[–] Ooops@kbin.social 3 points 11 months ago

Poland's reason to decide for Korean tanks is because of technology transfers promised. They want to build up their industry to compete with the existing ones. So it's really just Korea and the US. Everything else is European, so what they consider their competition.